Llanberis at its wettest
Sheets of rain blowing across the lake at Capel Curig when I dropped John off at Plas Y Brenin. Very dramatic scenery. I like this weather. Easier if you are dressed appropriately.
We arrived at Plas Y Brenin at 9am and maneuvered the car into a tight parking space. The receptionist didn’t have much of a clue about John’s course but directed us to the lecture theatre, through the restaurant and through the bar. The door was locked but we managed to get in. The welcome lecture had already started so we sat quietly at the back.
Then the instructors came in and the various courses were called out – Alpine training sprang to mind. They were all small groups and John’s Introduction to Mountain Biking had just 6 on the course.
We determined that the pick up time would be 6.30pm so I’m going to have to reschedule tonight’s curry.
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Back at 23 Ffordd Ty Du only Tom was up. I picked up some supplies from the Spar shop on the way.
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A very wet day in llanberis. Unfortunately the oneplus 2 couldn’t take the humidity and is now on the radiator drying out after our walk around lake padarn. Ostensibly 5.6 miles but it took about 3 hours due to the conditions and runkeeper froze early into the walk. Looks like it was just after I took a photo at the slate museum. The rear facing camera is misted over! I think I will have to wait until tomorrow to see if it is going to recover. The photo was backed up to Google drive so I do have one souvenir of the day. I would have liked to have had more pics but it wasn’t going to happen.
Also my drybag should be sued under the trades descriptions act. Maybe the conditions were just as bad as they get today.
When we do the coast to coast we have to be prepared to walk for 8 or 9 hours a day in these conditions. I also need to identify a reliable means of tracking the route. Fitbit supposedly only lasts 5 hours using GPS although I have yet to test it. At least the fitbit is still functioning. I’m not sure that it is accurately tracking my movements though. It’s telling me I’ve done 11.55 miles so far today but that is not right.
All four layers were wet but not uncomfortably so. I’m guessing had I not had the right gear on this would have been a different story.
I swung by Plas Y Brenin to pick up John earlier than arranged. It was a good call. The lad was sat in the bar looking tired and wet. He is now in the shower and looking forward to going out for a nice curry later.
It’s a wonderful drive to Plas Y Brenin. The scenery is spectacular and the colours wonderful. Of course today they were all dark colours. Various hues of ochre and slate grey with swirls of white running down the mountainside. It’s impressive to see all the water running off the mountain.
Pic is from left to right, me, Charlotte, Joe and Tom already looking a bit damp by the time we got to the Slate Museum. J & C had to call it quits early on as their feet got soaked.
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